Upcoming Events

Fund Raising Bridge Drive Thursday 27 February 2025 at 1.45pm

Fund Raising Bridge Drive Thursday 27 February 2025 at 1.45pm

Our Annual Bridge Drive will take place on Thursday 27th February 2025, play starting promptly at 1.45  p.m. and ending ...
Britain as Workshop of the World. The Founding of the Victoria and Albert Museum by Anna Warrillow - Thursday March 6 2025

Britain as Workshop of the World. The Founding of the Victoria and Albert Museum by Anna Warrillow – Thursday March 6 2025

This lecture focuses on the design impact of the Great Exhibition and the need for a 'legacy institution' in the ...
Special Interest Day - Wednesday 12 March 2025 - Istanbul: City of Faith, Power and Beauty presented by Antonia Gatward Cevizli

Special Interest Day – Wednesday 12 March 2025 – Istanbul: City of Faith, Power and Beauty presented by Antonia Gatward Cevizli

During the day there will be three lectures beginning with the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453, the ...
New members Coffee Morning - Wednesday 19th March

New members Coffee Morning – Wednesday 19th March

Have you joined the society in the last eighteen months or so?  Then do come to our New Members Coffee ...
160 Years of the London Underground, Design and Architecture by Mark Ovenden - 3rd April 2025

160 Years of the London Underground, Design and Architecture by Mark Ovenden – 3rd April 2025

Even in the 1860s and 70s, the expansion of the Underground created a need to have some cohesion between the ...
All Members Coffee Morning - Wednesday 9 April - 10am

All Members Coffee Morning – Wednesday 9 April – 10am

We are inviting ALL members to come for a relaxing "get together" of coffee and cake at our Coffee morning ...
Art Deco: Celebrating the Centenary of the 1925 Paris Expo by Pamela Campbell-Johnston - 1st May 2025

Art Deco: Celebrating the Centenary of the 1925 Paris Expo by Pamela Campbell-Johnston – 1st May 2025

In 1925, 16 million visitors witnessed PARIS’S EXPO - The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. What would ...
Visit to Stratfield Saye House and Gardens, Hampshire - 6 May  2025

Visit to Stratfield Saye House and Gardens, Hampshire – 6 May 2025

Stratfield Saye House is a large stately home at Stratfield Saye set in the grounds of Wellington Country Park near ...
Michael Harris: Mdina Glass & Isle of Wight Studio Glass by Mark Hill - 5th June 2025

Michael Harris: Mdina Glass & Isle of Wight Studio Glass by Mark Hill – 5th June 2025

Michael Harris was one of the innovators of the international studio glass movement and transformed 20thC glass and its creation ...
Visit to Brighton Pavilion -  24 June  2025

Visit to Brighton Pavilion – 24 June 2025

We shall spend the morning visiting the Royal Pavilion & Garden. The Pavilion was constructed as the seaside pleasure palace ...
Art and Craft of the Pewterer by Andrew Spira - 4th September 2025

Art and Craft of the Pewterer by Andrew Spira – 4th September 2025

Pewter is a little remembered and little appreciated material but it was once at the heart of daily life all ...
Tour to Glasgow and Edinburgh - Sunday 21 to Thursday 25 September 2025

Tour to Glasgow and Edinburgh – Sunday 21 to Thursday 25 September 2025

Our 2025 UK Tour will take us to Scotland to visit the wonderful Cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Glasgow is ...
Great and Small: Writers Their Pets and Other Animals by Annalie Talent- 2nd October 2025

Great and Small: Writers Their Pets and Other Animals by Annalie Talent- 2nd October 2025

"He prayeth best, who loveth best/All things both great and small…" Samuel Taylor Coleridge   From Robert Burns’s mouse to Shelley’s skylark; ...
The Influence of Japanese Woodcut on Western Art by Carol Wilhide-Justin - 6th November 2025

The Influence of Japanese Woodcut on Western Art by Carol Wilhide-Justin – 6th November 2025

When Japan's borders were opened to the West in 1868 there was a huge surge of interest in all things Japanese ...
Society Quiz Night - Friday 7 November 2025

Society Quiz Night – Friday 7 November 2025

Back by popular demand, the Society Quiz will take place on Friday 7th November 2025. More Details to follow ...
Special Interest Day - Wednesday 12 November - Aspects of Medieval World presented by Nicole Mezey

Special Interest Day – Wednesday 12 November – Aspects of Medieval World presented by Nicole Mezey

Golden altarpieces and sumptuous embroideries; women perched precariously on a dragon or holding a tooth in pincers ; cats, dogs ...
A Very Ceremonial Christmas by Graham Jones - 4th December 2025

A Very Ceremonial Christmas by Graham Jones – 4th December 2025

This very light-hearted lecture, looks at the various ceremonial events that take place around Christmas time. Carol services, concerts and ...